Civis
Any tips?
Hola,
I'm kinda new to the game (been playing for two months), and i'm playing vanilla, and I feel like I"m doing bad...
It's already the Plague, and I only have 11 cities/castles in Long Campaign
I can't tell you everything I'm doing, but, could you tell me some successful plans/tips that work?
I've read other forums, and other campaign stories, and one person even had 37 territories by turn 84, which to me is a lot! Please help.
Thanks for everything.
Re: Any tips?
Ok, where to begin?Originally Posted by Portuguese Man-Of-War
I would say troop production takes priority over building production, always try to be training troops. Garrisoning cities is not worth it, troops that are not attacking your enemies are useless troops, try to make the most effective use of your units that you can.
Learn where the rebel cities are, take all nearby rebel settlements before thinking about attacking another faction.
try to make your taxes as high a possible with only one unit inside the settlement.
if you find tiny armies outside of cities, use a large army led by a captain to crush it, you may then spawn a "Man of the Hour" which is basically a free general.
When you build buildings the order should be, walls, roads, farms, markets, ports, town halls then after that whatever you feel like.
Don't worry too much about agents, they can be fun but ultimately that are not that useful, well, not as useful as troops.
When attacking the enemy try to siege his cities rather than fighting his armies, you may be able to destroy the faction without a single large engagement. Obviously if u love big battles don't do this.
ALWAYS go on crusade, and if possible try to foster good relations with the Pope so you are the one who calls it. Try to get an alliance with his holiness, no price is too high.
Learn how to beat the AI on the battlemap. I find that having archers on loose formation with flame arrows with infantry behind and cavalry on the flanks works best. Wait for him to come to you, when your archers start to fall back due to skirmish mode pause and manually assign each infantry unit an enemy to attack, if you outnumber the enemy attack with your extra units on his flank. Cavalry should attempt to circle round behind the enemy, taking out cavalry and archers as well as charging enemy infantry in the back.
That is all for now, check me AAR "The Spirit of the Blitz" for some extra tips on how to make full use of all the game's features.
[M2TW AAR] The Spirit of the Blitz (16 turn long campaign victory with Sicily)
[RETROFIT AAR] World War 0 (All factions hotseat)
Semisalis
Re: Any tips?
I tend to use 2-3 units to defend a city and then when i have a larger empire i have several small forces of cavalry patrolling my territory to keep revolts down.
In the plague you gain an advantage the enemy are hit just as hard as you are so keep retraining ur current men and add a few more for good measure the moment the plague passes you by or if you want to earlier then that hit the enemy bordering you they will also have lost a lot of men so you can brake through there defenses easily and make some quick gains.
Decide what your short term goals are like do you want to control a specific area is there a specific enemy you want to destroy and so on then spend a few turns massing the men for the war and at the same time try to make treaties with there allies or brake there treaties and make some with nations on other borders to secure yourself and minamise the enemy's chances of gaining help against you.
Spend some time experimenting with your nation and your tactics find the best mix of men for your own style and tactics to have in an army and see if you can find the strengthes and weaknesses of your enemy so you know when to fight and when not to and how to do it with minamum losses for yourself.
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Re: Any tips?
there are a lot of guides in the scriptorium:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=52410
Also if its too hard, switch t a lower difficulty, its no shame. In shogun II there was some moron who was new to total war, and started of on legendary difficulty, and then decideshe didnt liked the game...
Miles
Re: Any tips?
My advice is just keep playing. I played as England my first time and totally forgot about the time limit. By the end of the game I only had like 15 settlements, but I didn't get wiped out. I believe that you learn the most when you are beaten. Just take what works from this campaign and use it next time, and avoid what didn't work. The whole game is really just an alternate history, so there isn't really a way to lose in my books, sometimes things just don't go as planned in the game as in life. Read through some of the guides in the link provided by eXistenZ and just keep playing and you will be fine in no time.
As for 37 territories by turn 84: That is a lot, and it is a different style of play. Some people like to blitz (expand as rapidly as possible) and some like to turtle (expand slowly and methodically while building up infrastructure) and some like a nice blend of the two. It all depends on your style.
Best of luck!
Re: Any tips?
37 by 84 is not a blitz mate. When I am not trying to blitz I usually expand faster than this. If you want to see a real blitz have a look at my AAR "The Spirit of the Blitz".
[M2TW AAR] The Spirit of the Blitz (16 turn long campaign victory with Sicily)
[RETROFIT AAR] World War 0 (All factions hotseat)
Centenarius
Re: Any tips?
When I have cities that are under the plague , I usually don't bother retraining any of the troops there but if threats come from enemies - maybe recruit a few extra cheap units for garrison - this will usually deter a would be attacker.
You just have to let the plagues pass -- if there is trouble in the economy, get rid of un-needed troops -- pay more attention to merchants / get more merchants , And as a last resort you can sack an enemy settlement.
Mostly tho, any healthy armies/settlements -- I do not let them mingle with the infected ones...So even if you have a whole bunch of elite units trapped in a plague infested locale just leave them be and use the healthy guys (who may be much lower quality, but still).
As others have stated - use your armies, don't be scared to leave small garrisons (unless on frontier pronvinces were weak garrison will entice enemy attacks).
Much of this game is based on the ability to win battles, with cost-effective armies...The less you have to spend to win and expand the better you will do ...Ie. For most purposes, you don't need to use elite units all together -- use cheap ones too, for the job that can be done.
Also mercs, good to recruit to Fight the big battles and give you that extra edge, but also wise to disband them after as they have a high upkeep.
Miles
Re: Any tips?
It may not be a blitz but it is still fast. That's 80% of the game completed in less than half of the turns you get to win. I didn't say that was a blitz, but that it is a different style of play. I was just trying to encourage the poster to not get caught up attempting to duplicate other people's campaigns.
I will read your AAR, I've kind of wanted to do a blitz, but never really knew how on a strategical level.
Primicerius
Re: Any tips?
When you feel the plague is coming, you should have enough money in the bank to cancel your trade rights and destroy all your ports. This is the only way to avoid the plague, and it only works if you happen to be Scotland/England/Venice/Sicily (island heavy nations that don't get attacked much).
You can blitz if you want, but that spoils the game really. A lot of people complain on here that there's no challenge and they tend to be the blitzers. I like playing sandbox style, developping trade and income and letting the AI do the same. The first few turns are a bit boring but it means huge wars late game as empires begin to emerge.
If ever you need a real challenge, try some of the mods or expansions out there with these factions :
Teutonic Campaign : Lithuania VH/VH, remain pagan.
Eras : Total Conquest : Crusades : Kingdom of Acre VH/VH (good luck)
Broken Crescent : Kingdom of Jerusalem VH/VH (really good luck, one false move early on and its curtains)
Fear not, crusader, Prester John will save you from the wrath of the Devil.
Re: Any tips?
I have something to add to your post. As a blitzer the campaigns I have found most hard to blitz in (not necessarily the hardest) were those of Third Age Total War. The economics of that game mean that raising huge armies is really quite tough to do and coupled with the spawning pools refreshing at glacial rates means that even by turn 50 (which for me is like, "Turn 50 wtf is that?") I only had 3-4 full stacks.
As for the hardest game I have ever had (and by this I mean in terms of exasperation) were any of the times I tried BGR. My least favourite thing about this add on is that I would like, on occasion, to actually be able to let my armies leave my cities and attack something in the opening turns. Seems like it was purely designed to slow the player down as much as possible as opposed to being fun.
In terms of actually being hard I think that the Kwarezmian swarm in the late period of BC is quite tricky, especially on BGR.
[M2TW AAR] The Spirit of the Blitz (16 turn long campaign victory with Sicily)
[RETROFIT AAR] World War 0 (All factions hotseat)
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